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Dying To Live - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) Chords

Chords: G, Gadd4, Gsus4, Csus2, C, Am, Am7, G/B, Em, G7

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Genre: folk, rock, pop


[Intro]
G Gadd4 Gsus4
Csus2 C Csus2 G
G Gadd4 G
Am Am7 Am G
G

[Verse 1]
G/B Em G7 CMaj7 B7
You know I've heard it said there's beauty in distortion
Em G7 CMaj7 B7
By some people who've withdrawn to find their heads
Em G7 Em6 Cm
Now they say that there is humor in misfortune
C D G
You know I wonder if they'll laugh when they are dead

[Chorus]
C G Am7 G
Why am I fighting to live if I'm just living to fight?
C Em Am7 D
Why am I trying to see when there ain't nothing in sight?
G G7 C B7 Em
Why am I trying to give when no one gives me a try?
C G Am G
Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die?

[Bridge]
G Gadd4 Gsus4
Csus2 C Csus2 G
G Gadd4 G
Am Am7 Am G
G

[Verse 2]
G/B Em G7 CMaj7 B7
You know some people say that values are subjective
Em G7 CMaj7 B7
But they're just speaking words that someone else has said
Em G7 Em6 Cm
And so they live and fight and kill with no objective
C D G
Sometimes it's hard to tell the living from the dead

[Chorus]
C G Am7 G
Why am I fighting to live if I'm just living to fight?
C Em Am7 D
Why am I trying to see when there ain't nothing in sight?
G G7 C B7 Em
Why am I trying to give when no one gives me a try?
C G Am G
Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die?

[Bridge]

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